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The Medical Research Council in the Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has issued a press release on the study of water insecurity that is affecting [...]

On August 26, 2024, the Medical Research Council Unit-The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM), commenced a two-day training for healthcare personnel including [...]

Press Release, MRCG at LSHTM 27 MARCH 2024 Advancing Tuberculosis Eradication: Researchers at MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM Highlight TB Complications in Children and Adolescents [Banjul, The Gambia] 27 [...]

We commend the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) in the United Kingdom for providing funding for the establishment of the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for NCDs [...]

Byline: Dann Okoth The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for urgent development of vaccines against Group B streptococcus, also known as GBS or Strep B, as new figures reveal [...]

The global burden of Group B streptococcus is far higher than previously recognized, linked to over half a million preterm births annually, and leading to nearly 100,000 newborn deaths, at [...]

New vaccines are urgently needed against a common bacterium which is a major cause of preterm births, disability and babies' deaths globally, according to a UN-backed report published on Wednesday. [...]

Byline: Adama Tine The Vice President Dr. Isatou Touray yesterday commissioned a new Molecular Biology Laboratory at the Medical Research Council Unit Gambia campus (MRCG). The newly inaugurated laboratory will [...]

Byline: Ndey Sowe Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia (MRC) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has commissioned a new molecular biology laboratory at Fajara campus [...]

Byline: Mazeda Hossain, Natasha Howard and Neha Singh Last week, the UN Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to ending sexual violence in conflict. However, after heated debate, the adopted resolution [...]

Byline: Imogen Wilson London -- Using a new bug spray on bed nets that blocks mosquitoes resistant to current insecticides almost halved malaria infections among children in Tanzania in a [...]

Nov 10, 2017 (The WOMAN Trial/All Africa Global Media) -- The WOMAN trial, coordinated by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) is an [...]

Byline: Henry Ridgwell Jun 30, 2017 (Voice of America/All Africa Global Media) -- New research suggests that the ability of children in Africa to perform well in school could be [...]

Byline: Henry Ridgwell Nov 30, 2016 (Voice of America/All Africa Global Media) -- Researchers say that giving anti-malarial drugs to older children can significantly reduce overall transmission of disease. Currently, [...]

Feb 29, 2016 (Malaria Consortium/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Insecticide-treated mosquito nets have contributed to the prevention of millions of deaths due to malaria. In recent years, there [...]

Byline: Jabulani Kamngoya Lilongwe, Dec 31, 2015 (Malawi News Agency/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- People with disabilities are at high risk of contracting infectious diseases due to disability [...]

Nov 23, 2015 (Daily Independent/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Global health experts have, once again, giving the World Health Organisation (WHO) hard knocks over its failure to sound [...]

Byline: Kieran Guilbert Dakar, Oct 13, 2015 (Thomson Reuters Foundation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Supplying beds for Ebola patients to health facilities in Sierra Leone saved tens of [...]

Byline: Racheal Ninsiima Jul 31, 2015 (The Observer/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Introducing rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) in local drug shops can improve treatment of malaria patients, a [...]

Byline: Barbara Axt Jun 15, 2015 (SciDev.Net/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- A type of malaria transmitted from monkeys to humans via mosquitoes is caused by two different populations [...]

Byline: Islay Mactaggart May 05, 2015 (SciDev.Net/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- When five time gold winning Paralympian Sophie Christiansen recently visited Rwanda, she was shocked by the stigma [...]

Byline: Sola Ogundipe and Gabriel Olawale Apr 28, 2015 (Vanguard/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- THE end to malaria infection is in sight as the first malaria vaccine candidate [...]

Dec 19, 2014 (Government of Sierra Leone/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- By State House Communications Unit The Director of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Professor [...]

Aug 20, 2014 (SciDev.Net/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- For World Humanitarian Day today, we speak to Bayard Roberts, director of the European Centre on Health of Societies in […]

London, Sep 13, 2013 (UN Integrated Regional Information Networks/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- A new meningitis vaccine being rolled out in Chad has resulted in an astonishing 94 […]

Jul 16, 2013 (AfricaFocus/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- "Physical or sexual violence is a public health problem that affects more than one third of all women globally, according [...]

Byline: Katherine Nightingale, Paula Leighton And Aleida Rueda May 07, 2009 (SciDev.Net/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Many developing countries have 'extremely limited capacity' to diagnose diseases such as [...]